Zero 2
ST: Hello ever body! Hope you enjoy this chapter. It's pretty funny.
TK: Yea, I guess so. It's pretty cool.
ST: That's cause you enjoy the Dakeru fluff. Admit it.
TK: (sighs) I admit it.
ST: Okay, I know that you all know that people like Kouji and Takuya aren't in this season (or I hope you know), cause they're lame season fourers, but I still think that they're really cute, so they're gonna play a part in my story, kay?
TK: And some season threers, like Rika.
ST: Yep, her too. Maybe some more, haven't yet decided. It's all because I don't particularly enjoy having to shove OCs on you. They just make the story more confusing.
TK: But you do have one, in chapter 8. You know...
ST: SHHH!! They're only on chp 3!
TK: Spoil sport.
ST: Bah humbug. On other news, at this moment I'm conducting a quiz at quizilla.com, a Which 02 Digidestined Are You? type. But my computer keeps crashing on me, so I'll probably go work on it after I post this story. So, look out for it. A link to it will be in my profile. You guys would enjoy it, I kinda rip on the characters...
TK: But you already do that in your stories and author notes.
ST: I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that. But, also, I have to give a personal shout out to mima57775. Dude, you rock my world! I know your review was on BOS, but it made me smile. Do you really think some space kids will read my stories in like 2104? Thank you! You rock!
TK: Enough already! On with the story!
ZERO22OREZ
)()(chapter thr3e)()(
After Ken and Tai had lingered a moment with their friends, Tai led the other outside. Away from the noise and warm air, the two boys began to walk in no particular direction. Tai breathed in and exhaled deeply as he smiled into the cool night air and held his hands behind his head. Ken smiled, too, shoving his hands into his pockets.
Tai turned to Ken. "How'd you like the song?"
Ken grinned. "From what I heard, it was kick ass funny."
Tai, pleased, stared up at the dark sky. "Do you think it was any good? I mean, my guitar skills, you know, good enough to, like, start a band?"
Ken quickly nodded. "Yea! It was great! Everyone really liked it!"
Tai sighed. "Cool."
They walked in silence for a while, simply enjoying each other's company.
"Hey, you have that uncle who owns those storage garages, right?"
Ken nodded in reply.
"Do you think I could, you know, get a dealie there?"
Ken smiled. "I'll see what I can do. This is one of my good uncles."
Tai blinked. "Isn't he your only uncle?"
Ken thought for a moment. "Hmm, yea. I guess your right."
Tai laughed. "Thanks, I really appreciate it."
They walked further along Ocean Ave. until they were approaching the train station. Once at the entrance they stopped and turned to each other.
"Thanks for walking me."
Tai shrugged his shoulders. "Didn't really know we were headed this way. For all I know, we could've been headed back to my place. But, sure, anytime."
Ken slightly bowed his head, smiling. When he was once again facing the chestnut haired boy, he asked, "Why wasn't I in the song?"
Tai grinned. "For one, you weren't there at the start, so I didn't think everyone needed to hear anything that I could come up for you if you weren't around to get heat for it. Cause, you see, I just took all those insults from the top of my head. It's like this skill that I have, rhyming at will. Secondly, you're really tough to find faults. I mean, you are a recent genius and star soccer player. Almost better than me."
Ken scoffed. "Sure, we should test that sometime. But, you said that you could rhyme at will. You're not kidding, are you?"
Tai shook his head and Ken smiled. "Really? Rhyme me my line, please?"
Tai said sure and closed his eyes. He stood still for a moment as he thought.
"Ken's a smart dude/ Ain't ever rude/ But he can be crude/ When the time be hued/ And he may come off insane/ In the sun saying 'let it rain'/ But we all know he's our man main."
Ken's face beamed when Tai's eyes opened. "That was, like- way, like, dude..."
Tai laughed. "Got talent?"
"Oh yea!"
Tai shook his head. "Nahh, anyways."
Ken sighed. "Well, it's late. I should be going."
As Ken turned to leave, Tai quickly grabbed his arm, stopping him. Ken turned around to see worry in Taichi Yagami's eyes. "You okay?"
Ken smiled. "Yea! Why not?"
Tai gave Ken a serious look. "You know what I mean."
Ken gaped. He bent his head and shook it. "But hearing you play really helped me take my mind off of it."
Tai frowned. "Matt's a major asshole slut. You don't worry about it. And don't dare to hesitate to drop by if you're ever in the neighborhood, or just feel like it, hear me? And if you need to talk, don't even bother to call, cause I'm gonna make you come over, kay?"
Ken nodded throughout Tai's questions, his head still bent down. "Thanks Tai."
Tai let go of Ken's arm and watched as he turned and headed inside. The taller boy sighed and mumbled, "I'm here for you."
Zero22oreZ
Tai is what you call a late sleeper. A very late sleeper. His sleeping system alters to adjust itself later during the summer and on weekends. Summer weekends are even later.
RING
Tai turned in his slumber.
RING
Tai mumbled incoherent nonsense.
RING
Tai sleepily lifted his head off his pillow and blinked.
RING
"Dam mit..." He rolled off his bed and reached for the receiver that sat on his desk.
"Ello?"
"Tai!" Sora... thought Tai bitterly. "Were you awake?"
Before he could mumble no, she laughed heartily in his ear. "I'm just kidding! It's only 1 pm in the afternoon! On a Saturday. We all know that you're noctury."
Tai rubbed his eyes as he groaned inwardly. "Nocturnal, Sora. It's called nocturnal."
"Are you sure?"
He gritted his teeth and replied, "Yes, absolutely. Now what do you want?"
"Oh, let's see... Um, why did I call you?"
Tai sighed. "I don't know."
"Oh! I've got it! You, TK and Dai got the jobs."
Tai, now half awake, sat up fully. "Really?"
"Yep! You start tomorrow at noon. Til then, sayonara!"
"Adios."
Once Tai had pushed the off button on his phone, he did a little jump in bed before dropping the receiver and going back to sleep.
Zero22oreZ
[3 hours later Lazers Pizza Parlor]
"So we got jobs?"
Tai nodded. "Yep. We start tomorrow."
TK smiled at Dai. "Fun!"
Tai rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Okay, about business. First, the bass. Who's selling it?"
TK swallowed half his pizza and answered through a full mouth, "Hiths 'uyie tha' lifves n magh" SWALLOW "complex."
Tai reached into his pocket and pulled out 100 dollars (2 twenties, 2 fives, 1 fifty) and slapped it onto the table. "100, right? Well, here's the cash for it. If he wants more, tell me and I'll deal with it."
TK and Dai stared at the cold hard cash bug eyed. Tk gaped, "I- Tai- thanks. Do-do I have –you know, have to- pay you back?"
Tai shook his head and hastily said, "No no! We're a band! We work together."
TK's face lit up and he grabbed the cash. As he quickly sniffed the bills and shoved them into his pocket, he continually fumbled over his thanks.
Turning to Davis, Tai moved onto the next thing on his agenda. "Okay. And who's the friend with the extra set of drums?"
Davis thought a moment before replying, "Kouji Minamoto. You know, that guy with the freaky twin brother and the really hot boyfriend."
TK swatted him, scowling with jealousy. Tai laughed lightly. "You mean that Kanbara dude. Man he –is- hot."
Davis nodded. "His sandy brown hair and his cute hat. Man, he's FINE!"
TK whined, "I wear a hat."
Tai poked the "hat". "No Teeks. You are wearing a thing. A very ugly thing."
The two goggle-heads laughed as the blonde sulked with his arms crossed. Davis quickly hugged him and poked his cheeks playfully. "Oh Keru, I'm just joking. You're the only sandy haired, hat wearing hottie that I'll ever find attractive." Tai rolled his eyes.
"Promises?"
"Promises."
They kissed and held hands, their eyes sparkling with love. Tai nearly barfed. "You guys don't make ANY sense. I mean, you two are the most immature boys, but you take your relationship on a much higher level than most teens do. What's your secret? I mean, c'mon, Davis isn't any genius and TK seems a little, well, you know, goofy."
Dais defended himself and his koi by sticking out his tongue. "Hey, I may be stupid when it comes to school, but you don't need to know the function of x when you're in love. It guides you."
Tai blinked. "Woa, that was pretty deep for a 14 year old. And yet immature, due to that tongue of yours."
TK smiled lovingly at the burgundy boy. "That's why I love him!"
They kissed again, leaving Tai more close to blowing chunks than before.
[to be continued in the fourth installment of 02]
ST: Awwww! I just love that Takedai love!
TK: I thought it was Dakeru.
ST: Well, it's kinda both.
TK: Okay.
ST: Yeppers, anywho, please review. This is my fave story, and I want ever body to enjoy it, and if you guys don't tell me that you love it, then I just don't know!
TK: BLAH BLAH BLAH
ST: Shut it. Oh! Have any of you heard of Yellowcard? The guys who sing that Ocean Ave. song? They rock! I just bought that CD yesterday and I haven't stopped listing to it. Well, that's why I put Tai and Ken on Ocean Ave. Fyi.
TK: Yea, well don't forget to review. And read Boys of Summer. It's getting hot.
ST: It is! I've only got 7 more chps to type up! I'm so proud.
TK: Yea yea. Til then.
[tbc]
ST: Hello ever body! Hope you enjoy this chapter. It's pretty funny.
TK: Yea, I guess so. It's pretty cool.
ST: That's cause you enjoy the Dakeru fluff. Admit it.
TK: (sighs) I admit it.
ST: Okay, I know that you all know that people like Kouji and Takuya aren't in this season (or I hope you know), cause they're lame season fourers, but I still think that they're really cute, so they're gonna play a part in my story, kay?
TK: And some season threers, like Rika.
ST: Yep, her too. Maybe some more, haven't yet decided. It's all because I don't particularly enjoy having to shove OCs on you. They just make the story more confusing.
TK: But you do have one, in chapter 8. You know...
ST: SHHH!! They're only on chp 3!
TK: Spoil sport.
ST: Bah humbug. On other news, at this moment I'm conducting a quiz at quizilla.com, a Which 02 Digidestined Are You? type. But my computer keeps crashing on me, so I'll probably go work on it after I post this story. So, look out for it. A link to it will be in my profile. You guys would enjoy it, I kinda rip on the characters...
TK: But you already do that in your stories and author notes.
ST: I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear that. But, also, I have to give a personal shout out to mima57775. Dude, you rock my world! I know your review was on BOS, but it made me smile. Do you really think some space kids will read my stories in like 2104? Thank you! You rock!
TK: Enough already! On with the story!
ZERO22OREZ
)()(chapter thr3e)()(
After Ken and Tai had lingered a moment with their friends, Tai led the other outside. Away from the noise and warm air, the two boys began to walk in no particular direction. Tai breathed in and exhaled deeply as he smiled into the cool night air and held his hands behind his head. Ken smiled, too, shoving his hands into his pockets.
Tai turned to Ken. "How'd you like the song?"
Ken grinned. "From what I heard, it was kick ass funny."
Tai, pleased, stared up at the dark sky. "Do you think it was any good? I mean, my guitar skills, you know, good enough to, like, start a band?"
Ken quickly nodded. "Yea! It was great! Everyone really liked it!"
Tai sighed. "Cool."
They walked in silence for a while, simply enjoying each other's company.
"Hey, you have that uncle who owns those storage garages, right?"
Ken nodded in reply.
"Do you think I could, you know, get a dealie there?"
Ken smiled. "I'll see what I can do. This is one of my good uncles."
Tai blinked. "Isn't he your only uncle?"
Ken thought for a moment. "Hmm, yea. I guess your right."
Tai laughed. "Thanks, I really appreciate it."
They walked further along Ocean Ave. until they were approaching the train station. Once at the entrance they stopped and turned to each other.
"Thanks for walking me."
Tai shrugged his shoulders. "Didn't really know we were headed this way. For all I know, we could've been headed back to my place. But, sure, anytime."
Ken slightly bowed his head, smiling. When he was once again facing the chestnut haired boy, he asked, "Why wasn't I in the song?"
Tai grinned. "For one, you weren't there at the start, so I didn't think everyone needed to hear anything that I could come up for you if you weren't around to get heat for it. Cause, you see, I just took all those insults from the top of my head. It's like this skill that I have, rhyming at will. Secondly, you're really tough to find faults. I mean, you are a recent genius and star soccer player. Almost better than me."
Ken scoffed. "Sure, we should test that sometime. But, you said that you could rhyme at will. You're not kidding, are you?"
Tai shook his head and Ken smiled. "Really? Rhyme me my line, please?"
Tai said sure and closed his eyes. He stood still for a moment as he thought.
"Ken's a smart dude/ Ain't ever rude/ But he can be crude/ When the time be hued/ And he may come off insane/ In the sun saying 'let it rain'/ But we all know he's our man main."
Ken's face beamed when Tai's eyes opened. "That was, like- way, like, dude..."
Tai laughed. "Got talent?"
"Oh yea!"
Tai shook his head. "Nahh, anyways."
Ken sighed. "Well, it's late. I should be going."
As Ken turned to leave, Tai quickly grabbed his arm, stopping him. Ken turned around to see worry in Taichi Yagami's eyes. "You okay?"
Ken smiled. "Yea! Why not?"
Tai gave Ken a serious look. "You know what I mean."
Ken gaped. He bent his head and shook it. "But hearing you play really helped me take my mind off of it."
Tai frowned. "Matt's a major asshole slut. You don't worry about it. And don't dare to hesitate to drop by if you're ever in the neighborhood, or just feel like it, hear me? And if you need to talk, don't even bother to call, cause I'm gonna make you come over, kay?"
Ken nodded throughout Tai's questions, his head still bent down. "Thanks Tai."
Tai let go of Ken's arm and watched as he turned and headed inside. The taller boy sighed and mumbled, "I'm here for you."
Zero22oreZ
Tai is what you call a late sleeper. A very late sleeper. His sleeping system alters to adjust itself later during the summer and on weekends. Summer weekends are even later.
RING
Tai turned in his slumber.
RING
Tai mumbled incoherent nonsense.
RING
Tai sleepily lifted his head off his pillow and blinked.
RING
"Dam mit..." He rolled off his bed and reached for the receiver that sat on his desk.
"Ello?"
"Tai!" Sora... thought Tai bitterly. "Were you awake?"
Before he could mumble no, she laughed heartily in his ear. "I'm just kidding! It's only 1 pm in the afternoon! On a Saturday. We all know that you're noctury."
Tai rubbed his eyes as he groaned inwardly. "Nocturnal, Sora. It's called nocturnal."
"Are you sure?"
He gritted his teeth and replied, "Yes, absolutely. Now what do you want?"
"Oh, let's see... Um, why did I call you?"
Tai sighed. "I don't know."
"Oh! I've got it! You, TK and Dai got the jobs."
Tai, now half awake, sat up fully. "Really?"
"Yep! You start tomorrow at noon. Til then, sayonara!"
"Adios."
Once Tai had pushed the off button on his phone, he did a little jump in bed before dropping the receiver and going back to sleep.
Zero22oreZ
[3 hours later Lazers Pizza Parlor]
"So we got jobs?"
Tai nodded. "Yep. We start tomorrow."
TK smiled at Dai. "Fun!"
Tai rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Okay, about business. First, the bass. Who's selling it?"
TK swallowed half his pizza and answered through a full mouth, "Hiths 'uyie tha' lifves n magh" SWALLOW "complex."
Tai reached into his pocket and pulled out 100 dollars (2 twenties, 2 fives, 1 fifty) and slapped it onto the table. "100, right? Well, here's the cash for it. If he wants more, tell me and I'll deal with it."
TK and Dai stared at the cold hard cash bug eyed. Tk gaped, "I- Tai- thanks. Do-do I have –you know, have to- pay you back?"
Tai shook his head and hastily said, "No no! We're a band! We work together."
TK's face lit up and he grabbed the cash. As he quickly sniffed the bills and shoved them into his pocket, he continually fumbled over his thanks.
Turning to Davis, Tai moved onto the next thing on his agenda. "Okay. And who's the friend with the extra set of drums?"
Davis thought a moment before replying, "Kouji Minamoto. You know, that guy with the freaky twin brother and the really hot boyfriend."
TK swatted him, scowling with jealousy. Tai laughed lightly. "You mean that Kanbara dude. Man he –is- hot."
Davis nodded. "His sandy brown hair and his cute hat. Man, he's FINE!"
TK whined, "I wear a hat."
Tai poked the "hat". "No Teeks. You are wearing a thing. A very ugly thing."
The two goggle-heads laughed as the blonde sulked with his arms crossed. Davis quickly hugged him and poked his cheeks playfully. "Oh Keru, I'm just joking. You're the only sandy haired, hat wearing hottie that I'll ever find attractive." Tai rolled his eyes.
"Promises?"
"Promises."
They kissed and held hands, their eyes sparkling with love. Tai nearly barfed. "You guys don't make ANY sense. I mean, you two are the most immature boys, but you take your relationship on a much higher level than most teens do. What's your secret? I mean, c'mon, Davis isn't any genius and TK seems a little, well, you know, goofy."
Dais defended himself and his koi by sticking out his tongue. "Hey, I may be stupid when it comes to school, but you don't need to know the function of x when you're in love. It guides you."
Tai blinked. "Woa, that was pretty deep for a 14 year old. And yet immature, due to that tongue of yours."
TK smiled lovingly at the burgundy boy. "That's why I love him!"
They kissed again, leaving Tai more close to blowing chunks than before.
[to be continued in the fourth installment of 02]
ST: Awwww! I just love that Takedai love!
TK: I thought it was Dakeru.
ST: Well, it's kinda both.
TK: Okay.
ST: Yeppers, anywho, please review. This is my fave story, and I want ever body to enjoy it, and if you guys don't tell me that you love it, then I just don't know!
TK: BLAH BLAH BLAH
ST: Shut it. Oh! Have any of you heard of Yellowcard? The guys who sing that Ocean Ave. song? They rock! I just bought that CD yesterday and I haven't stopped listing to it. Well, that's why I put Tai and Ken on Ocean Ave. Fyi.
TK: Yea, well don't forget to review. And read Boys of Summer. It's getting hot.
ST: It is! I've only got 7 more chps to type up! I'm so proud.
TK: Yea yea. Til then.
[tbc]